STATE POLICY OF THE FORMATION OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Abstract

The research of the state policy of forming a circular economy is conducted in the article. In particular, a list of measures in the economy is defined, the implementation of which is supposed to be within the framework of the transition to a circular economy; the specifics of behavior with by-products of production is identified; the conditions for the formation of a circular economy in Ukraine are highlighted. It is emphasized that activities in the economy, the introduction of which is supposed to be within the framework of the transition to a circular economy, are conditionally divided into the following related to the production and consumption cycle: design; industry, distribution and sale; consumption and use; collection and disposal; processing; recovery. It is shown that among the measures to be implemented by enterprises in order to transition to a circular economy, the following ones are defined: the introduction of energy autonomy (provides the production of energy from byproducts and the replacement of limited materials (the transition to renewable or more common materials, and, therefore, ‒ increased resistance to price fluctuations and resource shortages). It is shown that each of the listed stages of the circular economy should, without exception, be taken into account when applying the means of state policy. The mutual influence of all stages and the calculated consequences of such influence on the whole process must be displayed in business planning at the same time as environmental regulations.